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Smart people instinctively understand the dangers of entrusting our future to self-serving leaders who use our institutions, whether in the corporate or social sectors, to… — James C. Collins
I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance. — Thomas Jefferson
But cool and candid people will at once reflect, that the purest of human blessings must have a portion of alloy in them, that the… — James Madison
Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They… — Thomas B. Macaulay
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance; We find delight in the most loathsome things; Some furtherance of Hell each new day brings,… — Charles Baudelaire
And what have you laymen made of hell? A kind of penal servitude for eternity, on the lines of your convict prisons on earth, to… — Georges Bernanos
He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the… — Samuel Johnson
I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace… — Thomas Traherne
I have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative power is the predominant power].… — James Madison
We worked the medley on side two of "Abbey Road" out carefully in advance. All of those mini songs were partly completed tunes; some were… — George Harrison
The great object of my fear is the federal judiciary. That body, like gravity, ever acting, with noiseless foot, and unalarming advance, gaining ground step… — Thomas Jefferson
When a large number of organs of the press come to advance along the same track, their influence becomes almost irresistible in the long term,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The book which the reader now holds in his hands, from one end to the other, as a whole and in its details, whatever gaps,… — Victor Hugo
People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life. — John C. Maxwell
However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will - unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself -… — John of the Cross
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning. — Richard M. Nixon
As I look back over the truly crucial events in my life I realize that they were not planned long in advance. Albert Einstein said,… — Albert Einstein
History is not the past. It is the stories we tell about the past. How we tell these stories - triumphantly or self-critically, metaphysically or… — Grace Lee Boggs
While I wholeheartedly support finding cost savings through efficiencies in all areas of the federal government, including defense, I will resist any actions that would… — Unknown Author
The first state an actor experiences onstage is the one he just experienced in life. One needs great courage not to portray this experience. One… — Unknown Author
The security challenge is related to the progress and advance we make in the political process, — Hoshyar Zebari
I always tape my Christmas show in advance. That way I can spend the season of joy and goodwill with my only sister in Florida.… — Betty White
Objectivity is impossible and it is also undesirable. That is, if it were possible it would be undesirable, because if you have any kind of… — Howard Zinn
People don't always tell you what they are thinking. They just see to it that you don't advance in life. — Anthony Hopkins
We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle… — Penelope Keith

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